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Huge welcome for ocean-going heroes
A TOWN welcomed back its ocean-going heroes with crowds lining the streets and children waving flags and streamers. Intrepid mother and son Jan Meek and Daniel Byles were back in Chipping Norton yesterday after 101 days at sea in a 23 feet long rowing
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Students want 'ring of stone'
RADICAL proposals for traffic in Oxford would mean the city centre being surrounded by a 'ring of stone' to keep cars out. Oxford University Students' Union (OUSU) wants to seal off Oxford's historic centre from all private cars except those with special
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Berinsfield footballer banned for year
HOT-HEADED footballer Mark Howlett has been banned for a massive 336 days by the Oxfordshire FA and fined £110 after creating mayhem in an Oxfordshire Senior League game. Howlett, of Berinsfield Community Association Res, received the hefty punishment
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Rollercoaster ride of terror
SHOCKED mum Susan Burke has told how she thought she was going to die when a roller coaster at Blackpool's pleasure beach began to catch fire. Her terror was captured on camera by BBC staff recording the docu-soap Pleasure Beach, now showing on Monday
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Vendetta claim aftert Parker fine
LEICESTER City midfielder Garry Parker, who received a £750 fine from the FA after swearing at a referee after an Oxfordshire Sunday Cup game, feels a vendetta is being waged against his club Cherwell Lions. Darren Timms, captain of Cherwell Lions and
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Star gives fitness gear to help youth club
NOT a lot of people know it, but users of exercise bikes at a youth centre are perching on saddles which once played host to a famous backside - belonging to Michael Caine. Wallingford youth leader Dave McWilliams was dumbstruck after being invited to
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Lifestyle therapist Elizabeth invites you to...float on
THE thought of lying in ten inches of water in a dark enclosed room may sound like sheer hell, but lifestyle therapist Elizabeth Arnold swears by it. The idea of a flotation tank sounded so intriguing that I decided to give it a go because I'll try anything
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Lodger, 78 and landlady, 77, tie the knot
PENSIONERS Phyllis Prewett and Jim Smith are finally getting married. Mr Smith, 78, has been badgering him for marry him for 20 years - and finally she has said yes. A Rolls-Royce was collecting her to take her to St Peter's Church, Didcot, today for
